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What’s the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics by Ian Stewart

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The author is thankful to Ubaidullah Pandit of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India, for his meticulous proofreading, and feels indebted to Prof. Karen Parshall of the University of Virginia, USA, for her invaluable efforts that much improved this review.

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Mala, F.A. What’s the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics by Ian Stewart. Math Intelligencer (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-022-10254-2

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